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The oracle of oil : a maverick geologist's quest for a sustainable future / Mason Inman.
Van Pelt Library TN869.2.H83 I56 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Inman, Mason, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hubbert, M. King (Marion King), 1903-1989.
- Hubbert, M. King.
- Petroleum geologists--United States--Biography.
- Petroleum geologists.
- Petroleum reserves--Forecasting.
- Petroleum reserves.
- Hubbert peak theory.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 413 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
- Summary:
- Describes the life and career of the geophysicist and Shell Oil researcher who shocked the scientific community with his brilliance but also with his controversial predictions about the peak and steady decline of American oil production.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Chicago, 1923-1929
- 1 The Journey 3
- 2 Pioneers' Eyes 11
- 3 Bugged Out 14
- 4 Complete Rebellion 20
- Part 2 New York City and Washington, Dc, 1930-1943
- 5 The Meeting 35
- 6 The Fad 46
- 7 Lessons 55
- 8 Borderlands 64
- 9 The Swiftest Decline 70
- 10 Fighting Mad 75
- 11 Total Mobilization 81
- Part 3 Houston, 1943-1956
- 12 No Doubt 97
- 13 The Million-Dollar Lab 103
- 14 A Precarious Position 108
- 15 The Parley 114
- 16 Stampede 122
- 17 A Magical Effect 126
- 18 Sweeping Under the Rug 132
- 19 Jolted 138
- Part 4 Houston, Texas, And Washington, Dc, 1956-1973
- 20 Guesstimating 149
- 21 The Beer-Can Experiment 160
- 22 Presto! Chango! 164
- 23 The Rich Texans 176
- 24 A Grand Survey 181
- 25 Penny Pinching 198
- 26 Returning Home 202
- 27 The Zapp Hypothesis 207
- 28 Ruthless 217
- 29 Energy Crisis 224
- 30 Limits 229
- 31 The Republican Ethic 236
- Part 5 Washington, Dc, 1973-1989
- 32 180 Degrees 249
- 33 This Sacred Thing of Growth 256
- 34 Blueprints 264
- 35 Buoyed Up 273
- 36 Incomprehensibly Large Numbers 278
- 37 The Prophet 282
- 38 Hubbert Factors 286
- 39 Heroic Dreams 293
- 40 Things We Could Do Tomorrow 304.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780393239683
- 0393239683
- OCLC:
- 934937781
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